Where does “räpäkkä” come from?

räpäkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

räpäkkä (Finnish): fieldfare, Turdus pilaris

Definitions

  1. fieldfare, Turdus pilaris

Ancestry of “räpäkkä”, step by step

räpäkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish rapea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrapeacrispy, crunchy
2Proto-Finnicrapedabrittle, crumbly
Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →